
Saul
Release Date: 2016-05-27
Language: EN
Country: 🇬🇧 GB
Rating:
⭐ 0.0 / 10
Runtime: 3h 5m
Glyndebourne's Saul stole the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production there, calling the show a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreal choreography and gorgeous singing. For The Independent, which ranked it amongst five top classical and opera performances of 2015, there was no praise too high for the cast. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Ivor Bolton sparkles from the pit with period panache, and designer Katrin Lea Tag's exuberant costumes (The Times ****) set the Old Testament story in Handel's time, with a witty twinge of the contemporary.
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Cast

Ivor Bolton
Conductor

Lucy Crowe
Merab
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Sophie Bevan
Michal

Christopher Purves
Saul/Apparition of Samuel

Iestyn Davies
David
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Paul Appleby
Jonathan

Benjamin Hulett
Abner/High Priest/Amalekite/Doeg

John Graham-Hall
Witch of Endor
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Alison Bury
Orchestra Leader
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Jeremy Bines
Chorus Master
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Otis-Cameron Carr
Dancer
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Robin Gladwin
Dancer